A Mockumentary in Book Form

I’ve been riding a Bruce Campbell wave all week. I bought his new book a few days ago, read a great interview with him last night, and woke up to hear Brother Wease interview him on WCMF this morning.

Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way isn’t like other books. Bruce calls it an autobiographical novel. He’s the star, playing an exaggerated (idiotic?) version of himself. I’m about 50 pages in so far — it’s amusing, but not quite what I expected. When the fictionalized Bruce makes a fool of himself at a pre-production meeting, I cringe a bit. He paints himself as such a pathetic character, and I find it tough to laugh AT him, even though it’s all pretend. I’ll keep reading though — hopefully I’ll grow to like it as much as If Chins Could Kill, Bruce’s previous book. A truly funny and informative autobiography, I’ve read it several times.

What thrilled me during this morning’s interview, aside from Wease’s love for the movie Bubba Ho-Tep, was the news that there will be a audio dramatization available later this year. I’m a big fan of radio drama, and I can see the material working really well in audio format. I assume they’ll be getting some impersonators to play Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, and others. Then again, who knows?